Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by gte910h 4782 days ago
Judges create case law, over and over. Common law was created that way, and tons more is created that way every day.

I don't know why you assume this is better that popularly chosen law.
1 comments
dreamdu5t 4782 days ago
Common law is popularly chosen law created by the people. Statutory law (almost entirely with the exception of a few states and their referendums) isn't. Statutory laws applying to 350+ million people are crafted by 435 people.
link
gte910h 4781 days ago
>Common law is popularly chosen law created by the people

No it's not. It's case law from England. It's created by judges.

link